| BPLOR | alkoxymethylene-β-propiolactones |
| bs | band-selective |
| DANTE | delays alternating with nutation for tailored excitation |
| DPFGSE | double pulsed field gradients spin-echo |
| GARP | globally-optimised, alternating phase rectangular pulses |
| HMBC | heteronuclear multiple bond correlation |
| HSQC | heteronuclear single quantum correlation |
| INEPT | insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer |
| MLAR | alkyl β-malolactonate |
| PHBOR | poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) |
| PLA | polylactide |
| ROP | ring-opening polymerization |